n. grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution

n. the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort

Etymologies

Middle English subvencioun, a subsidy by the state, from Old French subvention, monetary assistance, from Late Latin subventiō, subventiōn-, assistance, from Latin subventus, past participle of subvenīre, to come to help : sub-, beneath, behind; see sub- + venīre, to come; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

From Middle French subvention, from Late Latin subventio. (Wiktionary)

Examples

Although Quidde's private fortune had been wiped out by the inflation, he was able to live fairly well with the help of friends and with a subvention from the Nobel Peace Prize

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images On Agriculture: Increasing the agricultural credit limit to 4.75 trillion rupees $104 billion for farmers, the interest subvention to farmers paying their loans on time and capital infusion to NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development are progressive steps.

But while the rioters have been maintained in a condition of near-permanent unemployment by government subvention augmented by criminal activity, Britain was importing labor to man its service industries.